Too close to call? Uncertainty and bias in election-night reporting

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-67

  Uscinski, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b 315 Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33846317090     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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